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Protestors rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on July 31, 2015, urging Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to stop distorting historical facts. Historians estimate that up to 200,000 women, mainly from Korea, which was a Japanese colony from 1910 to 1945, were forced to work in front-line brothels for Japanese soldiers during World War II. Japan, however, has long attempted to water down the atrocity. (Yonhap)﻿

The South Korean office of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) holds an event to promote breastfeeding in central Seoul on Aug. 1, 2015, to mark the start of World Breastfeeding Week. (Yonhap)﻿

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (R) meets with Rep. Kim Moo-sung, South Korea's ruling party chief, in New York on July 30, 2015. Kim has been on a visit to the U.S. that earlier took him to Washington, where he held a series of meetings with senior U.S. government officials and congressional leaders to talk about North Korea, the alliance between the two countries and other issues. (Yonhap)﻿

South Korean students plant the national flower Mugunghwa, or rose of Sharon, on July 31, 2015, in Seoul to mark the 70th anniversary of the Korean Peninsula's liberation from the Japanese colonial rule that falls in August. (Yonhap)﻿

South Korean soprano Sumi Jo sings the beloved Korean traditional song "Longing for Mount Kumgang" at a concert in front of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin to celebrate the successful end of an inter-continental train project on July 31, 2015. (Yonhap)﻿

College students and police officers celebrate the 70th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule with a performance at a plaza in front of Cheongnyangni Station in Seoul on Aug. 1, 2015. (Yonhap)﻿

The photo shows Kim Woo-choong, founder of the now-defunct Daewoo Group. Kim said on July 31, 2015, he plans to provide support for retired workers to start new careers in Vietnam. The Daewoo founder currently shuttles between Seoul and Hanoi, focusing on fostering Korean entrepreneurs in the Southeast Asian nation with the help of former Daewoo executives. (Yonhap)﻿

Protestors rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on July 31, 2015, urging Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to stop distorting historical facts. Historians estimate that up to 200,000 women, mainly from Korea, which was a Japanese colony from 1910 to 1945, were forced to work in front-line brothels for Japanese soldiers during World War II. Japan, however, has long attempted to water down the atrocity. (Yonhap)﻿